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CAREER CENTER Mission The Career Center at Stony Brook University exists to: • EDUCATE students about the career development process and industry options, empowering them to make informed career decisions. • PREPARE students for experiential learning (i.e. internships and community service), employment and further education. • CONNECT hiring organizations with our diverse student talent. Strategic Priorities 2011-2012 Goals > Major Accomplishment or Activity Guide Students Toward Greater Self-awareness and Increased Knowledge of Career Options •Provided 1:1 & group career counseling to students and alumni; hosted career workshops for skill development, learning about occupations, and networking. • Managed successful Diversity Professional Leadership Network, providing intensive career support to students of color. • Hosted successful alumni networking mixer. • Partnered with Academic Advising to provide customized support for transfer students through ADV 101. • Created new programs for students interested in Graduate School; collaborated with Academic Advising to develop new website content for this population. • Hosted collaborative activities with academic departments, like SOC, PSY, and CEAS. • Developed strategic partnership with CAS to support overlapping clients. Improve Student Preparedness for the Job Search • Added sections of CAR 210 for more access to credit-bearing career planning. • Collaborated with College of Business Honors Program and other departments on service initiatives. • Managed the AmeriCorps Education Award program: recruited and placed 70 students into appropriate community service positions. • Executed successful Job Locator Development (JLD) program for part time off campus jobs, ensuring compliance with Federal guidelines and detailed reporting of wages earned. • Offered specialized services for graduate students and post-docs relative to industry-related job search support. • Created a graduate level internship in the office in collaboration with the Department of Psychology. • Managed and oversaw JFEW /SUNY Scholars program in International Relations and Global Affairs. Facilitate Connections Between Students and Employers • Recruited 8 employer members of the Career Center Partnership Council, raising funds for employer related career programming. • Aggressively pursued new employer prospects and increase the number of companies recruiting on campus. • Executed Employer-Call-A-Thon during summer 2011 to connect with employers who had not posted positions within the last 3 years. • Host 4 Job Fairs open to students, alumni and SUNY students. • Offer two Virtual Job Fairs for Seasonal Hiring (Summer and Holiday). • Coordinate On-Campus Recruitment program, involving scheduling of employer campus interviews, preparing students, and coordinating all aspects of company visits to campus. • Pair students with community agencies for volunteer internships and one-time service projects. Improve Placement Tracking • Execute new plan to track experiential learning from students and employers and establish a baseline from which to proceed over time. Work with Registrar to deploy a service indicator for all students enrolled in internship courses. Report results. Research and Assessment •Conduct program assessment of ZebraCAN, and assess learning outcomes of participants. Assess experiences of both alumni mentor and student participants through survey and focus groups. • Continue Career-Related Research project - Conduct basic analysis of data from Phase I of project, seeking opportunities to present results and publish. - Execute Phase II qualitative interviews. - Consider policy implications of results and plan accordingly. Points of Pride Meeting Client Demand: Met increasing demand from students and alumni despite staffing challenges and limitations (minus three full time positions since 2009). Quality of student interns has been exceptional and helped meet demand. Empirical Research: Investigating Parental Influence: Initiated in the study seeks to understand parents’ and students’ career beliefs and behaviors and how they change over time in relation to parental expectations and familial cultural values. SUNY Career Development Organization (CDO) Conference: Career Center staff planned, organized and coordinating first SUNY CDO conference to be held on Long Island in 35 years. Conference evaluations and commentary from attendees were extremely positive. 45 DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS BRIEFING BOOK 2011-2012 • STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY
CAREER CENTER Reasons for Student Visits 2012 # of Visits 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 Intake/Needs Resume Internships Choosing a Full-time Job/ Part-time Networking/ Grad School/ Comm Svc/ Research/ Referral to Assessment Review Major/Career Interviewing Job Mentoring Post Bacs SL Fel/Sch Other Offices Total # 2,296 2,246 1,528 1,192 1,094 799 436 286 155 95 37 Tracking of Experiential Learning by Industry 2012 Type of Industry Banking/Finance/Stats 108 Communication/Arts/Media Computers/IT Consulting/Business Svs 273 244 221 Education/Non-Profit 551 Engineering 105 Government/Politics/Law 73 Healthcare 268 Marketing/Sales 146 Other 236 Research/Sciences/Biotechnology 68 Social Work 396 Unknown 418 Total Tracking # 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 Strategic Priorities 2012-2013 SUNY Works Co-Op Program: Implement pilot co-op program as part of SUNY Works. Facilitate Connections Between Students and Employers: • Aggressively pursue new employer prospects, increasing both the number of experiential opportunities for students on and off campus, as well as the number of companies recruiting on campus. • Maintain positive relationships with current employers and continue to engage partners in career education and development activities for students. Continue Career Center Research Project: Publish studies in peer reviewed journal and conduct analysis of qualitative interviews. Pursue new plans for Parent Orientation resulting from results of quantitative portion. Work with faculty partner to plan for phase III survey of students. Consider additional policy implications data may have and plan initiatives accordingly. Improve Placement Tracking: Improve on pilot project to track experiential learning from students and employers. Work with Registrar to deploy a service indicator for all students enrolled in internship courses. Create reporting plan. STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY • DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS BRIEFING BOOK 2011-2012 46
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